CERN sticks to opening gala despite atom-smasher troubles

September 26th, 2008 in Physics / General Physics
The LHC has been shut down for now but CERN said the inauguration ceremony will go ahead

European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) scientists in Geneva are pictured during the switch-on of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's biggest atom-smasher. Europe's leading physicists will swap their lab coats for their best suits next month for the official inauguration of a multi-billion dollar machine designed to shed light on the "Big Bang".

Europe's leading physicists will swap their lab coats for their best suits next month for the official inauguration of a multi-billion dollar machine designed to shed light on the "Big Bang".

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